Going to start this thread for members to post up what they did each day to there zed. I will start with getting my MOT this morning. So what did you do today on your 300?:cool3:

Nothing has happened as of yet!

 

Well get a move on!!!

£500 order placed with Courtesy - mostly trim stuff like targa top bar, new rear wiper arm, rear wiper seal, top trim. Also ordered a red 'Z' logo.

dropped off for a alloy wheel refurb&paint and 2 new tyres

£500 order placed with Courtesy - mostly trim stuff like targa top bar, new rear wiper arm, rear wiper seal, top trim. Also ordered a red 'Z' logo.

 

dropped off for a alloy wheel refurb&paint and 2 new tyres

 

I see Z's getting ready for Summer. :thumbup: Must start fettling mine.

I see Z's getting ready for Summer. :thumbup: Must start fettling mine.

 

Yeah, this is the 'last push' to get the outside as factory-fresh as I can. Once the paint and spoiler are sorted, I'll be able to rebuild with the last of the new OEM exterior trim bits. Amazing how much stuff is now no longer available and that will only continue to increase. Rear brake light is now NLS, I'd imagine it won't be long until the roof bar goes. Many nuts and bolts are now gone, rear screen top trim will be gone soon I expect. Very pricey for what it is, but had to get a new replacement before that goes obsolete.

 

One part that I've been trying to get hold of for ages in the bumper support cable. Hardly see them on Z32s now, AndrewG's is the last one I remember. This is NLS, but managed to find one, just need to do a full refurb on it with new stainless fasteners. All the anal stuff to do now!

What's a bumper support cable Si ?

What's a bumper support cable Si ?

 

To support the front bumper at speed, Nissan fitted a support bracket which is screwed into the bumper support, it is then secured to the centre of the metal cross bar at the lower aperture of the bumper. It stops air pressure tugging the bumper aperture open at speed. That leads to airline cracks in the paint. It's flexible so that if you scuff a curb, it just bends out of the way and returns to the normal position.

 

It's a crude fix that Nissan had, but it's very discrete. Hardly any Z32s have these anymore and the one I found needs a refurb (can't buy these new). So it'll be stripped, new stainless steel clevis pins to be fitted with stainless r-clip and the brackets will be blasted and powder coated black along with the number plate bracket. All super anal.

 

 

Edited January 27, 20178 yr by Funkysi

Yeah, this is the 'last push' to get the outside as factory-fresh as I can.

 

Are you going to get it painted in the factory Pearl Magnolia then...?

Are you going to get it painted in the factory Pearl Magnolia then...?

 

No

To support the front bumper at speed, Nissan fitted a support bracket which is screwed into the bumper support, it is then secured to the centre of the metal cross bar at the lower aperture of the bumper. It stops air pressure tugging the bumper aperture open at speed. That leads to airline cracks in the paint. It's flexible so that if you scuff a curb, it just bends out of the way and returns to the normal position.

 

It's a crude fix that Nissan had, but it's very discrete. Hardly any Z32s have these anymore and the one I found needs a refurb (can't buy these new). So it'll be stripped, new stainless steel clevis pins to be fitted with stainless r-clip and the brackets will be blasted and powder coated black along with the number plate bracket. All super anal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting. I never knew that.

AndrewG's is the last one I remember.

 

I better go and check that I still have it then!

 

Part# 62040-37P00

 

I was looking at my bumper the other day (it's in the spare room) and thought, I wonder what those are... be useful for my splitter. Well il be damned that's pretty much exactly what they are for.

..................................One part that I've been trying to get hold of for ages in the bumper support cable. Hardly see them on Z32s now, AndrewG's is the last one I remember. This is NLS, but managed to find one, just need to do a full refurb on it with new stainless fasteners. All the anal stuff to do now!

 

Mine is still very much in-situ also....:dance:

Mine is still very much in-situ also....:dance:

 

What do they look like in situ...?

What do they look like in situ...?

 

I'll nip out to the garage and get a picture tomorrow......:wink:

I'll nip out to the garage and get a picture tomorrow......:wink:

 

Is it, by any chance, the two "clips" that are visible towards the front of the lower bumper opening (if you're looking diagonally down into that opening)?

 

If so, then mine still has it fitted too. I know my old black one didn't because the bumper mouth had a significant "dip" in the centre of it.

Just orderd loads of parts from zed centre,can't believe how much parts are now,small fortune for window and targa trims,plus interior trim and scuttle panels.

Started work on the zed to get her finished as soon as possible,hopefully paint next week and good polish and refresh.

Is it, by any chance, the two "clips" that are visible towards the front of the lower bumper opening (if you're looking diagonally down into that opening)?

 

If so, then mine still has it fitted too. I know my old black one didn't because the bumper mouth had a significant "dip" in the centre of it.

 

You see it head on Si...

 

Dead centre from under the number plate. It's a short cable that connects the top of the aperture to the bottom lip as in Funky's post above....

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?168270-What-did-you-do-to-your-zed-today&p=1942853&viewfull=1#post1942853

Just orderd loads of parts from zed centre,can't believe how much parts are now,small fortune for window and targa trims,plus interior trim and scuttle panels.

Started work on the zed to get her finished as soon as possible,hopefully paint next week and good polish and refresh.

What are your plans for it? To make it a clean car and have the black one as the power machine?

Just orderd loads of parts from zed centre,can't believe how much parts are now,small fortune for window and targa trims,plus interior trim and scuttle panels.

Started work on the zed to get her finished as soon as possible,hopefully paint next week and good polish and refresh.

 

Should that read "I can't believe how expensive zcentre are." Jokes aside the exchange rate is pretty poor at present, it's been crap against the dollar for ages. Remember before the crash, when it was like $2 to the £. Haven't caught the full story today but it looks like T and the Don have sorted a few things out trade wise so hopefully the tax will drop if nothing else.

Mine is still very much in-situ also....:dance:

 

Mine too. :biggrin:

Haven't caught the full story today but it looks like T and the Don have sorted a few things out trade wise so hopefully the tax will drop if nothing else.

 

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A sign of good things in my opinion. "The special relationship" took a beating during Obamas administration.

A sign of good things in my opinion. "The special relationship" took a beating during Obamas administration.

 

It certainly did, and nice to know the bust has been returned to the oval office.

 

It certainly did, and nice to know the bust has been returned to the oval office.

 

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Reminds me of this